Plastic Welding and Fabrication With Budget Amazon Tools
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2022
- Today we are going to build an intake from scratch with some basic plastic welding technics. I think that plastic welding is a great way to create cool stuff and do it on a budget. Budget fabrication projects are hard to find but using plastic instead of aluminum or steel is definitely a great place to start. What are some other fabrication projects you would like to see built out of plastic? Let me know if you have a cool idea and I will give it a shot!
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plastic wasn't even on my radar for my projects but abs 3d prints really well and between that and abs glue the possibilities seem endless
Lol.. Nate pausing to flick the air box and going “Music” cracked me up 😂
Lol I'm happy to entertain 😁
In the old days, we used a concentrated heated air unit like a super hair dryer with a concentrator nozzle. The welding rod was basically the same thing as the stuff used on your line trimmer to cut grass. It worked, but wasn't perfect. It was called Thermoplastic welding.
You can still get a thermoplastic welder - even harbor freight has one works well enough and no waiting on thick layers of glue to dry
It's still done this way. The water tanks on fire trucks are plastic sheets thermo welded. When they need repaired a tool similar to a soldering iron with air and rod is how it's done.
Try shoe goo on the oval peice. I use it for lots of random stuff. Bonds almost anything
RC car guy?
@@JohnnychimpO907 yes
@@dylanconn6079 me too haha 😛
Happy 4th Nate! Love ya. This is your brother from another mother from across the country. I've been a follower since day 1 & I'm so proud of your growth as a fabricator and content creator. If you ever question the direction of your channel or your skills, DON'T! #DontEverChange. We are all behind you. You constantly remind us to think outside the box and that you only get out of a project what you put into it. Thank you for being a teacher for those how need that extra little push to trust their abilities.
Hey man, I really appreciate the kind words!
I love creating stuff from scratch and as long as you guys keep watching, I will keep build 👊. Thanks again
Love it! You rarely see people use plastic techniques beyond just repairing bumpers. I had the unfortunate experience of ripping a bumper clean off and spending hours melting/repairing it. The whole time, I was thinking that it might work well for actual part fabrication.
I feel that same way. I think folks are sleeping on this as a method of fabrication 👍
1ST time watcher. This video was a year ago, you could tack on a video so we can see you finished project. I'm sure others would like that.
Sanding the poly/abs rough and some jb weld meant for plastic should hold well imo. But Dylans shoe goo idea maybe better with the flexibility side of things. Epoxy has a tendency to crumble over time with vibration.
Cool to see different material options! Always good to have a quiver to select from
I hadn't really thought about making things from plastic for my truck... but I'm now thinking a lot about it... thanks Nate lol...
These are the videos that stand you apart from the other. Basically you’re awesome
Pre cleaner is worth every cent. I've run one for almost 2 years and I'm still clean in the air box. A few bees, probably came in when parked, 95% less dust and dirt for the miles driven. Better air flow and lower AIT's.
Woop woop! good to see you working back in the Disco!
I like how you take some time to explain things your doing. As well as why your doing it.
To firmly attach disimular plastics Contact 3M Adhesives Technical Dept.Also consider nutserts for plastic. Brass EZ LOK or Aluminum Nutserts for plastic. Weld or glue a simular plastic dowel spacer then tape and thread the spacer to accept the hardware of your choosing.. Also to determine plastic types there is the "burn test". Burn a piece of unknown type plastic and observe the way the plastic burns, the flame color, the smoke color.
Looks really good, my only suggestion would be maybe coat it in some spray bed liner. I think it would be a better and more uniform finish.
Love this Nate. Thanks for the “budget friendly” ideas.
My old VW LT35 van dash requires several decades of repair in it. Have used plastic ‘welding’ on several projects the last repair was on the pump and filter housing on my daughters Land Rover Freelander TD4. Despite not trying too hard ended up with a ‘neat ish’ repair .. that no one will actually see.. but it’s strong and made an unsightly thing look much better..
Great video, thank you! I've always wondered about "plastic welding", but never looked deeper than flipping past it in a catalog... Now I'm gonna get some new toys to play with! 👍🏻🥃
2 stage filter... such a great idea!
JB Weld Plastic bonder epoxy works really well on all plastics in my experience. It’s kinda runny and then sets up all of a sudden so you need to make sure whatever it is is sorta flat while you work with it. It’s super strong and lasts a long time and I’ve used it on plenty of things on my vehicles and in the house over the years
Thanks for the ideas and inspirations… working on modifying an airbox right now and got lots of great ideas.
The thing I like most about this channel… the “they don’t make what I need so I’ll just make it my self” attitude… love all this stuff and thanks for the time you spend taking us all along for the ride..
JB PlasticWeld should work just fine.
So cool to see new materials. Plastics are super simple to work with. I hope the first time fabricators out there give a project like this a shot.
another great video, cool to see different materails and technics used
Keep in mind plastic encompasses hundreds of materials and there's an equal number of adhesives to bond or weld them together in various ways. You could spend days on data sheets and application charts to figure it out.
Thanks as always for something new and relatable.
Love this!! Supper practical!!! Good work bud keep it up!!
Really love this video!! Have a bunch of projects I’d love to make out of plastic so this helps a lot!!
I appreciate how you encourage viewers to try new ideas. Keep up the good work.👍
Just when I think you've done it all. You pull an amazing new trick for everyone's toolbox. Well done
at our autobody shop we use sikaflex 221 for literally any adhesive/seam sealing jobs, the stuff is awesome
I’ve always wanted to try plastic welding!! Super interesting. Thx for sharing 😊
I don’t work with many plastics, but total boat thixo is easy to use and sticks to everything I’ve ever put it on.
Great ideas to share, thanks man.
G-flex 2 part epoxy will work for the oval piece. If you want too, you can add west systems 440 to the epoxy to add even more strength. We do this on boats all the time
I just made a power tray for my Tacoma out of some abs I had laying around from another project. I'm so glad I remembered I had it
Super awesome meeting you at the falls!... And try tap plastics... they will have a bonding agent for just about everything.
Great video, oddly enough about to make a dashboard and the bottom was going to use ABS Plastic or Kydex, I think this is the way to go, thanks for the great instruction, will definitely go this route.
Nate you are so cool, I've learned a lot on this channel over the years, and this is just one more thing! Thanks for always putting out quality content. Stoked for what's to come!
Nate this is so timely, last weekend i repaired a torn rear flare on my tj with a pencil tip soldering iron and some zip ties as filler. that steel mesh would have made the job a bit easier!
Looking forward to those trip videos!
You gave me a great idea for one of my projects ... thanks
I had no idea that plastics were/are that workable…thank you for the awesome content👊🏻👊🏻
Awesome work..
Great idea for plexi glas.
Cheers. 🍻
Dude, seriously Nate you just keep raising the bar! Awesome stuff! Just one more thing to try, thanks! Keep doing you and sharing your journey with us!
Great video. It looks good. If you are worried about strength and appearance you can get sheets of fiberglass and resin. That would add a lot of durability and would make it look like one unifom piece
Hi, hey Just go back to the hardware store HD or Lowes, Ace any of them will have ABS to PVC glue it works for both. I built a plastic water tank with a plastic welder. There are plastic welding rods for different plastics. I bought a hot air gun that was designed to pin point heat, looks a lot like the wire welder you have. So you just use the pin point heat to weld just like a torch or tig gun, works fine and the two pieces are welded just like metal. Let it cool and your are good to go.
Brilliant brother
I watched a few videos of a guy repairing kayaks and other plastic boats, he would cut stripes from scraped out ones to repair the ones with less damage. Then heat weld. Just like welding with gas torch and rods method wise.
Always learn something new on this channel. Great work as always Nate!
My stormtrooper armor is ABS and I used acetone slurry. You take acetone and pieces of ABS plastic in a jar and make a past. It’s very solid and drys faster.
Thank you!!
Nice work Nate, preneat to see you explore outside your comfort zone and fab something up out of different material along with if different tools! Hope the box finished up nicely for you!!
In the body shop for poly plastics we use a product called 3m ez sand multi purpose repair material. Works perfectly, it can be sanded, fast dry time, and is a better material to use instead of traditional bondo for plastic repairs.
You need a "small" 4'x2'...Paint booth. You can do projects like this without smelling up the whole shop. I got a portable spray booth on Amazon and now I can paint models inside and not have to wait for a nice calm day to paint outside. You would obviously need some thing more industrial than what I got.
Thanks for making a video for the 98% of us that don’t have a bad ass shop.
Great video Nate! Who am I kidding... they're all great! Thanks for not shying away from talking about the importance of PPE as well!
Steel wool and a soldering iron are a great around the house option
Seems like a good new skill to put under your belt that won't really require a whole lot of time to learn! Thank you for the inspiration, Nate! :)
Would like to see more on plastic welding
Hey Nate super glue bonds to abs and most polypropylene compounds. Simply let it draw in the joint via capillary action. Obviously check it to make sure you don't have mystery plastic LOL.
JB weld and JB kwik are my favorite epoxies that fix ALL
Wow this is great, didn’t even know you could do that with plastic. I was thinking of using room-temp-setting carbon fiber to make an airbox but this may be easier or perhaps can use both
I’m a bit late to the party, but I’ve done a similar box before but without the plastic welding gun… not fun! But for that oval piece, I used a good quality engine sealant, specifically the Victor Reinz high temp gasket sealant. It’s meant for engines so withstands the head but does a great job of sticking to different surfaces as well.
Another great video, Nate!
I used Harbor Freight cheaper plastic weld kit and I bought extra rods and repaired the grill shell on my 2013 F-350. I got some little waves and the other reinforcements had cracked and I used J B Weld with metal to glue them and to add reinforcements in the gaps. It’s holding so far. And I figured it saved me $700.00 in parts and paint work.
Perfect timing Nate. I'm planning on fixing a plastic interior piece later today and was cogitating on the best way to go about it.
Nice! I hope this helps in some way
@@DirtLifestyle it did! I didn't have the special tools but I had a Weller soldering iron and some tig filler wire that I used to "staple" the pieces together while I melted and plastic epoxied the pieces back together. Great idea. Thank you!
Great project Nate. You could use riv nuts to hold the plexiglass lid in place. I remember in the old days plastic welding with various types of rods
Awesome video! You don’t hear much about plastic fabrication from offroad channels, and this was really interesting to learn about. 3D printing might be another worthwhile option for this type of project.
And another great 👍 job 👏.
I wish that belt grinder was a budget Amazon tool lol
If you're in a pinch, sika flex will seal anything. I've seen it used in the industry to seal/bond ambulance and RV panels, retread shoes and airplane tires (not recommended). It allows some flex for temperature changes.
Pretty cool for something different mate 👍🏻👍🏻
Hey Nate I’m new here and you have an Awesome channel! Love the work you do! Glad I found you, I started my Jeep JT build last year and have some prototypes installed now. After watching this video I have a better idea of the direction I want to go! Thanks!
Oh and I’ll be meeting you next week on the trip with Shaun from the story till now! Can’t wait!!!
You can use an Acrylic PVC/ ABS Plastic Bender 110V Bending Machine to bend the plastic at the seams and have less joints to weld together
I use jb weld plastic bonder epoxy for dissimilar plastics works great
That was a great video. Learned a lot and inspired to build something with plastic.
Good! I hope this video helps 👍
Project for your list. Roof top tent from 8020 extruded and sewn cloth.
poooor little TJ sitting sad in the back. :( Nice work on the box! Great work on the video as always.
Thanks man 👊
JB plastic welder works well.
I literally the day this aired was looking for a way to modify my inner fender plastic bits after trimming wheel openings. I bought one.
great video!!
Great video and idea. Personally I would try the plumbing glue that works with abs and pvc.
I had a plastic interior panel break and I wasnt sure what kind of plastic it was so I got the permatex 2 part plastic weld epoxy. Says it works on all plastics. Might be worth a look see! But yours looks good! 🍻
You can use acetone to weld abs together and for testing if something is abs,
You should definitely look into 3d printing, That poly part would be super easy to model and print in abs with the right printer.
Plastic is not my favorite material on balance, but having a couple of 3D printers now (and likely to buy more)...I'm coming around!
LOVE that clear plexi lid. That is an awesome idea. Might have to steal it if/when I can come up with a custom snorkel for the Ranger. I just wonder if dust will coat the inside and defeat the purpose. Time will tell.
Nice!
Thanks for showing us something different bro. Very cool video.
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Welcome back to Montana Nate 👍
Thank you 👊
Leister Is a company that makes thermo plastic welding equipment. We use it on all types of poly, pro, ethylene, high and low density
Looks like the S AND B intake that I had in my old YOTA great job Nate 🤙🏽
Thanks!
@DirtLifestyleNate In the RC world we use a product called E6000 to bond polycarbonate. Some folks also use "Shoe Goo," with good results I'm told. But I have no personal experience.
NP1 roof sealant,stays flexible, applies like silicone caulk but is permanent.
@Dirt Lifestyle
Home made ABS slurry is best for the ABS welding and adhering to other plastics: Take an old glass jar with lid, that has a wide mouth (e.g. pickle jar). Fill half way with Acetone. Add your ABS scraps that fit in jar, no more than half the volume of Acetone already in jar. Place lid on jar and set it in a cool location not exposed to sun or anything more than 80°. Don't take lid off but swish jar around, daily, for a couple of days until ABS and Acetone make a light glue. Unlid and take a chip brush to thoroughly mix and to test thickness on scrab ABS. It should have the consistency of condensed milk (you can make it as thick as store bought ABS glue by adding more ABS scrap or thinner by adding more Acetone but the condensed milk thickness is easiest to sand and more importantly, adhere to non ABS plastic. Also to refresh the slurry as it dehydrates over time, just add more Acetone and a day later mix, and then more ABS.). To prep the non ABS plastic, sand it w/rough grit in the areas to be married to ABS. Use a combo of the staples and ABS slurry (and always clamp the married pieces tight to eachother and let sit over night). Look up videos on 'ABS slurry' and 'forming ABS' (there are widely used and simple techniques in the car audio world). Also, you would be amazed at what you can form 1 single piece of ABS into, using nothing more than a heat gun, some clamps and a few small pieces of 2x4.
Imma have to try this slurry method. Sounds like an interesting process.
@@gregkrueger331 Works especially well at bonding 2 pieces of ABS together. Also good for building up weak or thin sections.
Very interesting stuff! I will check this out. Thanks!
I used to do this with polystyrene model glue to fit ill fitting parts together
Some heat-set treaded inserts would be a really clean way to thread the lid fasteners into that box. You may already know but just wanted to throw it out there just incase
cool build Nate
Thanks!
another great product is celluar pvc you can buy in 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" 1" it comes in sheets 4'X8' 4'X10' when i worked in construction we used it a lot to make outside trim went to a show they built a whole house with it. you can glue with regular pvc glue or epoxy you can heat and bend drill and tap wonderful product i used it for my wrecker body mounts make donuts it has some give not much you should check it out. it also comes in board sizes just like regular wood comes in
Oatey makes an ABS to PVC transition solvent cement. That may work for you.
I haven't had the need to bond HDPE for over 12+ years doing underground utility work we mainly did fusion welding. Back then there was an expensive two part epoxy called Bonduit. Just Googled and it is still made and still expensive. However turns out technology has advanced and it looks like there are many less expensive epoxies to choose from now including J B Weld that seem to be rated for HDPE. I'm sure they all have their own instructions, but I remember having to scuff and clean with acetone prior to application. I'm sure you can find a reasonable product to suit your needs here. Great build!